Collapsible trap nest



A. c. BOSEL.

COLLAPSJBLE TRAP NEST.

APPLICATIONJILED MAY 9, 1921- v 1,413,894. ted Apr-.25, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

A. c. B'O SEL.

COLLAPSIBLE TRAP NEST.

APPLICATION FILED MAY9.192I.

Patented Apr. 25,

1922. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Lil-massif i feminine. 3p or oRosBY, '1v1rnn'Esori .ooLnArsiB Efmanifest;

To all. whom it may concern Be? it known that :I', A'LBERT .C. :BOSEL, a

citizen of i the United States, residing at Crosby, in the county of Crow Wing and State of Minnesota,- have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Trap Nests, of which the following is a specificatiomlreference heing had to the iaccom-,

panying drawings. a

- This "invention relates to trap nests, and the general object of t11efi=nVention ism providea trap nest soconstructed that "it is e01.- l'apsible and; when coll aps'ed, may have it's sections portation. a a r A furthers-object is toproVid-e a trap nest ofthis character-witha trap door in one of ith'e sections"pr'Tthe nest-so constructed that when raised it will permit the entrance; of the. hen to-"thenest but thatthehen on en- 'wh-i'chwillimmediately fall and-prevent the i 5 exit of =-the hen; and vin i this connection [to provide atrap door-s econstructed that iti 7 will lie'iflat and' almost .in the "same plane as the section of the nest in Whichthe. door isiformed so-that' -this;doorsection and the other -loocly sections 'Ofii'the :nest'mayrbe packed flat against each rotherfor transporf station/Q 3' a 1 Andafurther object is to provide'a-tra'p 'nestjof this character which is very simple in construction which maybe cheaply'inad'e,

readily-transported.

' which is,relatively'lightyand which maybe My invention'is illiistr'ated in the'accoinpanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is awrfront elevation of agtra p' .nest constructed in vention y 5' accordance with my in- Figure 2 is aside elevationthereof;'- I

' k 1 ,Fignre is a top pl-an View thereof;

g'Fig'ure' lnis a Vertical section from" front 4 I j 'bead'181? 'All founsidesof theiloottom i A are ""to'rear showing the door @10'sed.;;-; 1

'Eigu'l'e 5 is a horizontal section;

packed in compact-shape for trans ti'on; Dz. al

seen that my trap nest consists ot-a bottom f section A, the two-side sectionsB, the back section- C, the front section 'D; and :the top section B. The front-section'D is-provided with ap'doo-r opening'mfanda' trap door opi e-rating therewith; as will be later described. f The side. sectionsB are formed-geachfofia :thinysheet ofmeta l approximately name, 3 though: theisheets'may be of other (linden sions and-of any desiredgauge the: forward and rear ends. of the sheet being, angularly the-mt, asat;1 11;('see Fignre 5); The rear sec: i

tion Ghas thesame height as..:-the. lateral section's B, v'b ut the lateral ends of the rear; 1 a

section are formed to provide "strips which are bent'inward a's .atr12, against. the face;

ofthe' section-andgthen. again loent'outward;

as.at aiaz rovidin a 'groove flishetween these two partsl2-la nd ,13'Within'WhichQthe a f rear -"fla-{nges ll; of the; members 1 B may be re- -ceived. "These bent'f'portiori's 12 and'1 3; =as V will beohvirous;fIQIn FignreE 2,Vclo"not"h'ave' r a a length eqiua @tofthe height ot the: section: C. jhnt are less; in length th ani fthe height o fgithe 3 section so.thatvthie inpperj. end of the sec- :tion' C'lpro'jects' above ithe-locking portions land:thedoweri'end 'ot the-section G'proj'ec'ts rbelowiithedocking; portions. The front ee i 3 so-forine cl'twiththe-bendsl2and ;i c

'85 i 7 sections: and these 5 also:have a length less thanthefheight-of theisection B.- i

is; to i-receiiz'e the front'yflan gesl 111 of the side The bottom A is formed-eta sheet of at '15, and 1 the metal at the 9 margins of the plate 14' and between thesezyslitsis down I margin o-fthe' portion 17 :i'sloentflat downon i 1theinne=r face of-gthe portion. 171 to form a constructed alike inpthis respecti; The top" E is of; the same-character aslthelbottonfl-riiceptith'atit is.-'reir,er sed, that is the-corners F1 I of lithe metal "are slitted,is as at 1-5 and the flanges aregbent upward -i'nstead"of downwardasr'they 'are"in-ithe bottom' fsection'; WhiIe theQfiangeS H are bent dowinwardzin steed et upward ,as itheyare i i the 'hfottoii g -a;

section so as to form a downwardly opening channel. The upwardly opening channel formed around the side margins of the bottom receive the lower ends of the side sections B and the lower ends of the front and rear sections C and D. The downwardly opening channels formed around the top receive the upper ends ofthe side, rear and; front sections 111 a manner, whlch w1ll be ob-.. vious from Figure 4:. This detachable n terlocking oi" the iront,'rear and side sec tions and the bottom and top sections per-:'

mits all of these sections to be disengaged from each other and packed flat against each other for storage and shipment, thus greatly economizing space'and' expense.

' The section .A, as before remarked, is formed with a door opening 10 by which access is had tothe interior of the nest. This door opening coac ts with a door formed in two sections 19 and 20. .The section 19 is hinged in any suitable manner, as by means of the hinge 21, to the metal above the door opening. The section 20 is hinged to the section 19 by the hinge 22. This section 20 is of suiiicient length so that when the section 19 is depending in a vertical position, and the section 20 is dependingin a Vertical position, the lower portion of the section 20 will be just above the bottom of the nest as in Figure l. The lower end of the sec- ;tion 20 is provided with the laterallyextend- 1 outer face of the 'jamb; Below. the upper ing ears 23. The section 20 has a widthapproximately equal" to thewidth of the doorway 10, and these ears '23 project outwardly beyond the "doorway and engage with the edge of the section20 there are'provided the laterally projecting ears 24: which are disposed on the inside of the front-plate and form stops limiting theioutward movement of the upper portion ofthe lower section 20 f and the'outwardmovement of-the section 19.

' 19'andthelower end of the section 20 swin s' Preferably formed in one piece with the hinge 21 is a downwardly and forwardly curved resilient tongue 25 which, when the door sections are raised, is, adapted to engage the free edge of the door section 20, as illustrated' in Figure 7.

Assuming that this trap nesthas been set up in the'manner described,and as illustrated in Figure 1, th'en the door is raised, that is the lower section-200i? the door is lifted up. This forces the section 19 inward and upward and the section 20 is folded up until its free edge-comes beneath thetongue or latch 25; This prevents the downward dropping or" the section 20. s;and:thesection outwardto the. positionshown in Figure; Now if; a hen enter the nest, the 'hen strikes 7 the hinged ends or" the sections 19 and 20 and: raisesthe hin ed or connected ends of thesejsections until the freeedgeiof the sec tion .205 releases 7 its engagement with the tongue 25, and when the hen has entered the nest then the section 20 will drop, drawing the section 19 to a verticalpo'sition as illustrated in Figure 4, and thehen cannot get .out.. Obviously the dropping of the door ,will show that the hen hasentered the nest Then if the door be "raised and is laying.

after the hen has laid, the eggs may be) counted and track thus kept of the number" of eggs laid by the hen. When; the door is lowered, it is obvious that the henfcannot' raisethe door, while when th'edoor israised free access is had tothe nest. At the same time the door is held in its raised'position so lightly that-it is readily disengaged by a touch. By reason of the fact that the door lies almost entirely in the same plane with the plate constituting the frontsection D, it e is obvious that this idoorwill form no obstruction to the nesting of the several sections against each otherfor" packing and transportation.

It will be seen that I have provided a collapsible nest which can be readily. taken apart and maybe thoroughly cleaned for this reason, and which, as it is made of sections, may be readily packed 'for shipment,

making a neat, flat bundle, that there are no bolts, screws or wires tofasten the same out of place or belost. All'theparts are, g 7

together, and that there is nothing to get interchangeable sothatno diiiiculty, is found in setting up the nest. 'i It will-fbe -l seenalso that thevdoor is so constructed thati-t can not damage or injure the henin 'anyway when-it falls. Preferably these nest boxes; will be 12 x12 x12, but obviously they may I claim *1.- A nest box of be'formed of any suitable dimensions.

the character described formed of a plurality of 'relatively'fiat, de

tachably engaged plates, the front-plate having a door opening, a door section hinged to the upper wall of the door opening,a second door section hinged to the free edge of the first door section and extending down 'ward outside ofthe door opening and having, laterally projecting ears extending be? yond' the line of the door opening, said second named section adjacent its upper end being provided with laterally projecting ears projecting on the inside of the front member beyond the door opening, and a latching tongue projecting above "the door opening and adaptedto engage :theiree edge of the second named section when the second named section is folded upward" against theifirst named section-to thereby hold the sections in foldedposition. 1

A trap box of the'character described having adooropening, a door formed -of' two sections 'hingedto each other,the upper section being-hinged to the upper edge of the door opening,:meansconnected tothe "lower section en aging the lower ed'gg. f

the door With the outer face of the door lthe door section and detachably hold said jambs, means permitting the inwardmovesections in folded positionuntil the folded ment of the hinged ends of'the sections but sections .are moved inward at their lower 10; preventing their outward movementbeyond edges. v I V 5 the face of the door jambs, and resilient Intestimonjgwhiiidf I h rgg w am means disposed at the upper end of the door signature.

opening adapted to engage the free edge of 

